Gov. Martin O'Malley was all smiles Thursday as he signed bills to promote the burning of trash to create electricity, to install more electric car charging stations and to cut down on fertilizer runoff. But some environmental activists were not so happy.
A flotilla of riverkeepers arrived at Annapolis City Dock in the afternoon to lament a long list of environmental bills that failed during the General Assembly session. "We don't want incremental solutions," said Patuxent Riverkeeper Fred Tutman, who led the rally of riverkeepers demanding more pro-environment bills.
One by one, they listed environmental measures that failed: banning arsenic in chicken feed, putting a tax on plastic bags, establishing a tax to raise money for fixing stormwater pollution, requiring more reporting of pesticides, requiring energy companies to buy power from offshore wind farms.
They also criticized one bill that passed - the one that defines incinerating trash to create electricity as renewable energy. The only bill they liked was the fertilizer bill, which requires manufacturers to change their fertilizer formulations to reduce nutrients that are harmful when they wash into the Chesapeake Bay.
Marat we're poor
And the poor stay poor
Marat don't make us wait any more.
We want our rights and we don't care how
We want a revolution
Now
Poor old marat they hunt you down
The bloodhounds are sniffing all over the town
Just yesterday your printing press was smashed
Now their asking your home address
Poor old Marat in you we trust
You work till your eyes turn as red a rust
But while you write their on your track
The boots mount the staircase
The doors thrown back
Poor old Marat in you we trust
You work till your eyes turn as red a rust
Poor old marat we trust in you
Marat we're poor
And the poor stay poor
Marat don't make us wait any more
We want our rights and we don't care how
We want a revolution
Now
by Richard Peaslee
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